Barron's AP World History, 6th edition

✍ Scribed by John McCannon

• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 755
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Author
About the Contributor
Acknowledgments
Contents
Barron’s Essential 5
INTRODUCTION
How to Use This Book
The Advanced Placement Exam in World History: An Overview
Historical Thinking Skills
Multiple-Choice Question Strategies
Free-Response
Document-Based Question
Continuity and Change Over Time
Comparative Essay Strategies
UNIT ONE: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALTRANSFORMATIONS
Short Cut
Scenic Route
1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth
Geographic Orientation
Human Origins and the First Migrations
Hunter-Forager Societies During the Early Stone Age
2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
Pastoralism and Herding Societies
Agriculture
From Stone Age to Ages of Metal: Transitions to Civilization
3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies
Core/Foundational Civilizations and the First States
Society, Trade, and Economics
Culture, Thought, and Religion
UNIT TWO: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALTRANSFORMATIONS
Short Cut
Scenic Route
4 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
The Persistence of Older Forms of Worship
Reformed Faiths and New Religions
Thought and Culture
5 The Development of States and Empires
Key States
Methods of Rule
Social Structures
Imperial and Political Overreach
6 Emerging Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange
Transregional Trade Routes
Innovations in Transport
Transmissions: The Effects of Communication and Exchange
UNIT THREE: REGIONAL ANDTRANSREGIONAL INTERACTIONS
Short Cut
Scenic Route
7 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 600–1450
State Building in Afro-Eurasia: Tradition and Innovation
Afro-Eurasia: Interregional Contacts and Conflicts
State Formation in the Pre-Columbian Americas
8 Culture, Science, and Technology, 600–1450
Cross-Cultural Exchange and Cultural Growth
Far from Home: Interregional Travelers
Old and New Traditions: Cultural Developments by Region
9 Economic Systems, 600–1450
Trade Networks
Making Trade Easier: Technology, Banking, and Infrastructure
10 Social Structures, 600–1450
Cities
Social Structures and Labor Management
Gender Roles
11 Humans and the Environment, 600–1450
Migrations
The Impact of Industry and Agriculture
Environmental Forces: Disease and Climate
UNIT FOUR: GLOBAL INTERACTIONS
Short Cut
Scenic Route
12 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 1450–1750
Statecraft: Old and New Techniques of Governance
Empire-Building: The Age of Exploration and Colonization
Major States and Empires
13 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1450–1750
Scientific and Technological Innovation
Religious Developments
Trends in Art, Literature, and Architecture
14 Economic Systems, 1450–1750
The Early Globalization of Economics
From Mercantilism to Capitalism and Proto-Industrialization
15 Social Structures, 1450–1750
Social Classes in Flux
Slavery and Coerced Labor
Gender and Ethnicity
16 Humans and the Environment, 1450–1750
The Columbian Exchange
Monoculture and Resource Extraction: Ecological Effects
UNIT FIVE: INDUSTRIALIZATION ANDGLOBAL INTEGRATION
Short Cut
Scenic Route
17 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict, 1750–1900
The Atlantic Revolutions and the Birth of Modern Politics
Western Imperialism and Global Conflict
Political Developments by Region
18 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1750–1900
Art and Culture in the Modern Era
Political Thought: New Philosophies and Ideologies
Science and Secularism in the Industrial Era
19 Economic Systems, 1750–1900
Industrial Revolutions in the West
Capitalism and Commerce
Industrialization and Capitalism in Global Perspective
20 Social Structures, 1750–1900
The Transformation of Social Classes
Labor and Migration
Gender and Family Issues
21 Humans and the Environment, 1750–1900
Industrialization and the Environment
Disease in the Modern Era
UNIT SIX: ACCELERATING GLOBAL CHANGE ANDREALIGNMENTS
Short Cut
Scenic Route
22 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict
World War I and the Paris Peace Conference
Domestic Politics, 1900–1939
World War II and the Holocaust
23 State Building, Expansion, and Conflict
Cold War and Decolonization: Foreign Policy Shifts, 1945–1991
Divergent Forms of Domestic Development, 1945–1991
Globalism in the 1990s and 2000s
24 Culture, Science, and Technology, 1900 to Present
High Art and Culture
Mass Culture and Multiculturalism
Religion in the Modern Era
Science and Technology
25 Economic Systems, 1900 to Present
Divergent Approaches to the Economy
Boom and Bust: Toward the Great Depression and Bretton Woods
Regionalization and Globalization After World War II
26 Social Structures, 1900 to Present
Labor and Lifestyles
Ethnicity and Race Relations
Gender Issues
27 Humans and the Environment, 1900 to Present
Disease, Health, and Population in the Contemporary Era
The Modern Environmental Movement
Pollution, Earth Shaping, and Global Warming
MODEL TESTS
Model Test 1
Model Test 2
Appendix: Map of Selected World Regions
Answer Explanations